Aerospace

L3HARRIS AVIATION SYSTEMS earned $90m on $625m sales in 3Q21 vs $100m on $792m in 3Q20.

CFM INTERNATIONAL delivered 256 aircraft (226 LEAPs/30 CFM56s) in 3Q21 vs 211 (172 LEAPs/39 CFM56s) in 3Q20.

SAFRAN secured €3.7b revenues in 3Q21 vs €3.4b in 3Q20: Aerospace Propulsion rose 16.2% and Aircraft Interiors 7.8%.

MTU AERO ENGINES had €87m net income on €1b revenues in 3Q21 vs €16m on €908m in 3Q20; commercial engine OEM revenues rose 14% and commercial

How low-Earth-orbit satellites will impact inflight entertainment.

Swedish Space Corp. has partnered with Bradford Space to offer a commercial orbital-debris-removal service beginning in 2024.

The U.S. Air Force has established a detachment to develop training methods and standards for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Small-satellite startup Terran Orbital, backed by Lockheed Martin and others, plans to become a publicly traded company after a reverse merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, the companies announced late Oct. 28.

The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, an operator of air and sea links to the archipelago off the coast of southwest England, has forged an agreement to bring zero-emission hydrogen flights to the islands.

Small-satellite startup Terran Orbital, backed by Lockheed Martin and others, plans to become a publicly traded company after a reverse merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, the companies announced late Oct. 28.

Henkel's global head of strategy, Ruairi O'Kane, talks to Aviation Week about the technical and financial challenges facing the nascent urban air

Multidisciplinary design optimization lets engineers spend less time on detailed design and more time considering system requirements.

Why the world’s largest passenger airplane never gained market lift — and what it means for the widebody segment.

Roscosmos’ commercial arm, Glavkosmos, has made its first direct sales for tourist flights on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

HERITAGE GLOBAL PARTNERS and CLOUD INVESTMENT PARTNERS teamed to auction off inventory of 737/757/767/MD-80 rotable, repairable and expendable parts

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES (ATI) reports commercial aerospace sales were flat in 3Q21 vs 2Q21, with higher forgings sales offsetting lower specialty

HEXCEL had $9m net income on $333.8m sales in 3Q21 vs $9.7m on $286.9m in 3Q20; civil aerospace sales increased 30%.

FACC delivered its 1,000th translating sleeve shipset for A350 to Collins.

FLYHT, Canada has COMAC contract to supply AFIRS 228 for the C919.

CAE has agreed to acquire Sabre's AirCentre airline operations portfolio in deal valued at $392.5m to significantly expand its position in flight and

AIRBUS is increasing A220 production from five to six per month in early 2022; ramping up to build 65 A320 Family aircraft per month by mid-2023; and

AIRBUS had €404m net income on €10.5b revenues in 3Q21 vs €767m loss on €11.2b in 3Q20; Commercial aircraft earned €502m (vs €591m loss a year ago) on

A Northrop Grumman census is now tracking 164 small-satellite launch programs, although 46 of the projects are effectively defunct and the status of nine others is unknown.

Lilium has added Stuttgart Airport to its planned network of regional air mobility hubs in southern Germany.

With target dates for the launch of electric air taxi services drawing closer, more manufacturers are striking deals aimed at ensuring infrastructure will be in place when their aircraft are ready.